Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment. - Isabel Allende Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. - Henri Frederic Amiel I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life. - Andrew Jackson Because it is a customary cross, As die to love as thoughts, and dreams, and sighs, Wishes, and tears, poor fancy's followers. - William Shakespeare Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. - Samuel Johnson In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished. - James Buchan However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our though...